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MorphOS 1.5 cancelled and avalaible at the same time!
  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    jcmarcos
    Posts: 1178 from 2003/3/13
    From: Pinto, Madrid ...
    Sorry if i'm just another idiot falling into one of the dozen April fool's jokes filling ann.lu today, but this really shocked me: First, we have our own "hooligan/dcs" ("trusted user", it reads), saying:

    Quote:

    So you haven't heard about it? MOS1.5 was cancelled... It was announced at #morphos many days ago. Most of the core developers have gotten jobs and simply have to time to finish 1.5 :-(


    An then, one claiming to be "Sigbjørn Skjæret", from cisc@c2i.net, adds:

    Quote:

    What? Didn't you see the official press release? MorphOS 1.5 is available here... ;-)
    - CISC

    The latter comment's url even works, but I haven't checked what's actually the download.

    Me victim?
  • »01.04.04 - 11:05
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    takemehomegrandma
    Posts: 2732 from 2003/2/24
    Quote:

    Me victim?


    I would guess so, but there is no way to be certain these days! ;-)

    One thing is for sure though; that link will hit some significant
    traffic when a couple of hundred people or so starts to download that
    33Meg file just to see what it is!
    :-)
    MorphOS is Amiga done right! :-)
    MorphOS NG will be AROS done right! :-)
  • »01.04.04 - 11:15
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Zylesea
    Posts: 2096 from 2003/6/4
    I'll give it at try. I expect to see a MOS 1.4 with some joke build in, maybe an OS4 bootpic/theme or something like that.
    /me leeching, expecting something funny.
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  • »01.04.04 - 11:23
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    cecilia
    Posts: 459 from 2003/8/30
    From: universe, milk...
    this comment feels too truthful:
    Quote:

    Most of the core developers have gotten jobs and simply have to time to finish 1.5 :(((((


    anyway, i love a good joke.
    or even a not so good joke!
    :-D
    "if you ever slam anyone, for anything, somehow you always end up eating shoe" Targhan
  • »01.04.04 - 11:54
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    hooligan
    Posts: 1948 from 2003/2/23
    From: Lahti, Finland
    Obviously I am correct, trusted user and all!
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  • »01.04.04 - 13:55
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    Acill
    Posts: 1933 from 2003/10/19
    From: Port Hueneme, Ca.
    What ever was that 33MB file? I never trusted the source to get it myself.
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  • »21.04.04 - 22:22
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